FOI 1206/26

REQUEST

Please provide the following data for the last three financial years (2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 to date), broken down by each individual financial year:

1. The total number of reported incidents of spiking. Please include both "drink spiking" and "needle/injection spiking" 
2. A breakdown of the total figures by the method of spiking reported (i.e., how many were reported as drink spiking, and how many were reported as needle/injection spiking) 
3. A breakdown of the total figures by the gender and age group of the alleged victims
4. A breakdown of the total figures by the type of location where the incident was alleged to have occurred (e.g., nightclub, pub/bar, house party, residential home, outdoor space)
5. A breakdown of the recorded outcomes for these reports (e.g., charge/summons, evidential difficulties, no suspect identified, case dropped). 

RESPONSE

A search has been completed using our crime and incident reporting system (NICHE RMS) for all occurrences recorded for the time frame specified using one of the following Home Office Codes:

• 5/05: Apply / administer / attempt / cause to be taken a drug e.g. chloroform, with intent to commit an indictable offence
• 5E/5/10: Administer poison with intent to endanger life / inflict grievous bodily harm
• 5/24 - Use of noxious substances or things to cause harm and intimidate
• 8N/8/2: Cause administer poison / noxious thing with intent to injure / aggrieve / annoy
• 24/1: Administer drug to woman to obtain intercourse
• 88C/88/5: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy / overpower to allow sexual activity. (SOA 2003 S61)

Questions 1

Question 2 and 4

To answer question 2 and 4 a S12(1) Fees exemption would be engaged as each occurrence would have to be manually reviewed to establish the nature and location of the spiking.

Question 3

Question 5

Please see below the meanings of the acronyms included in the outcome data: 

• SUA – Suspect under age
• S ill – Suspect ill
• VW dead/ill – Victim or witness dead/ill
• S not identified – Suspect not identified
• VS - Victim Supports
• VDNS – Victim does not support
• NSI – No suspect identified
• V aware – Victim aware
• CPS – Crown Prosecution Service
• NIPI – Not in public interest

Please note the outcome 00: Not recognised as an official outcome relates to crimes that have not yet been finalised and remain under investigation.